A Tesla software engineer had no explanation for how autopilot data about a fatal Florida Keys crash was permanently deleted or moved, in a deposition shown to jurors Wednesday that capped off two days of trial that also saw a juror removed over social media posts about Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
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Deleted Data, Juror DQ Heat Up Tesla Fatal Crash Trial

By Carolina Bolado

A Tesla software engineer had no explanation for how autopilot data about a fatal Florida Keys crash was permanently deleted or moved, in a deposition shown to jurors Wednesday that capped off two days of trial that also saw a juror removed over social media posts about Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

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Fla. Man Gets 5 Years In Jail For Hiding Swiss Bank Accounts

By David Minsky

A Florida federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a Miami man to five years in prison on a conspiracy-related count in connection with evading taxes on approximately $20 million he held in Swiss bank accounts and setting up trusts in an attempt to hide assets.

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Epstein Grand Jury Files To Remain Sealed In Fla.

By Lauren Berg

A Florida federal judge on Wednesday rejected the U.S. Department of Justice's request to unseal grand jury transcripts from an investigation into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as President Donald Trump faces a growing number of Republicans asking for more transparency about the case.

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Hinshaw Must Face Malpractice Suit, Fla. Panel Says

By Joyce Hanson

A Florida appeals panel overturned Wednesday a lower court decision favoring Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in a malpractice claim brought by a pilot safety training company, ruling that the company didn't abandon its claims by settling an underlying arbitration.

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2nd Circ. Orders Review Of Sealed Epstein Case Docs

By David Minsky

The Second Circuit on Wednesday vacated rulings denying requests to unseal materials in a defamation case tied to deceased financier and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, ordering a New York district court to review certain filings after determining they're considered judicial documents and presumed to be public.

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ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

France Must Pay For Historic Fla. Shipwreck, 11th Circ. Told

By Chart Riggall

An underwater salvage outfit urged the Eleventh Circuit Wednesday to revive its suit against the French government seeking compensation for finding a 16th-century shipwreck off the Florida coast, claiming it remains disputed whether the wreck is covered by a federal bar against salvage awards.

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11th Circ. Throws Cold Water On Ga. County's Spaceport Suit

By Chart Riggall

An Eleventh Circuit panel signaled Wednesday that it was not buying a Georgia county's claims that it should be able to claw back $2.6 million it put down on a property where it intended to construct a commercial spaceport after the county's voters repealed authorization for the project in a referendum.

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POLICY & REGULATION

AGs Ask NCAA To Revoke Transgender Athletes' Awards

By Elaine Briseño

Attorneys general from 27 states and Guam sent a letter to the NCAA urging it to rescind recent records and titles that were "wrongly" awarded to transgender female college athletes and instead give them to their cisgender competitors.

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LITIGATION

Tort Report: Panera Settles Last Of 'Charged Lemonade' Suits

By Y. Peter Kang

The final resolution of a handful of injury suits over Panera Bread's caffeinated lemonade drink and the U.S. Supreme Court's rejection of a medical malpractice case lead Law360's Tort Report, which compiles recent personal injury and medical malpractice news that may have flown under the radar.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Managing Risks As State AGs Seek To Fill Enforcement Gap

Given an unprecedented surge in state attorney general activity resulting from significant shifts in federal enforcement priorities, companies must consider tailored strategies for navigating the ever-evolving risk landscape, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.

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Opinion

Prosecutors' Duty To Justice Sometimes Demands Mea Culpa

Two recent cases — U.S. v. Lucas and U.S. v. Echavarria — demonstrate that prosecutors’ special ethical duty to seek justice can sometimes be in tension with other obligations and incentives, but it nonetheless requires them to concede their mistakes in the interests of justice, say Eastern District of Texas law clerk Ian Stephens and Texas A&M University law professor Jemila Lea.

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Series

Law School's Missed Lessons: Skillful Persuasion

In many ways, law school teaches us how to argue, but when the ultimate goal is to get your client what they want, being persuasive through preparation and humility is the more likely key to success, says Michael Friedland at Friedland Cianfrani.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

NJ Fed. Judge Pulls Opinion Flagged With Nonexistent Quotes

By Lauren Berg

A New Jersey federal judge on Wednesday withdrew his decision declining to dismiss a securities class action against CorMedix Inc. after an attorney for the biopharmaceutical firm pointed out the opinion contained "a series of errors," including nonexistent quotes and misstated decisions.

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Analysis

Spurning Outsiders, Trump Expands Role In Picking Judges

By Cara Bayles

President Donald Trump is tightly controlling judicial nominations in his second term, eschewing guidance from mainstream groups and instead relying on close advisers and vetting candidates himself.

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Sen. Collins Opposes Bove For 3rd Circ. Over Bias Concerns

By Courtney Bublé

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, will oppose the confirmation of Emil Bove to the Third Circuit, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, has also indicated her likely opposition.

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Analysis

Takeaways From The US Attorney Role Tumult In New Jersey

By Jake Maher

The U.S. Attorney's Office in New Jersey was thrown into turmoil Tuesday with a leadership dispute that remained open Wednesday, teeing up a battle between the White House and the Garden State's senators on Capitol Hill.

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Bird Marella And Bioscience Client Accused Of $87M Fraud

By Emily Sawicki

An investment group that includes a "Toy Story" screenwriter is suing a Culver City, California-headquartered bioscience company and its Bird Marella attorneys in California state court, accusing them of manipulating the valuation of a company whose acquisition they funded, in order to defraud investors of $87 million.

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American Arbitration Assoc. Looks To Duck Monopoly Claims

By Matthew Perlman

The American Arbitration Association urged an Arizona federal court Tuesday to toss a case accusing it of monopolizing the market for consumer arbitration services, saying the proposed class action hasn't come close to pleading predatory pricing.

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Analysis

How A County's 'Holistic' Approach Reduced Violent Crime

By George Woolston

A meeting with Atlantic City business leaders at the start of Atlantic County Prosecutor William Reynolds' tenure in 2022 helped establish the guiding light to his office's community-first approach to prosecution centered on rehabilitation and reducing recidivism.

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Chicago Defense, Civil Liberties Icon Tom Durkin Dies At 78

By Brandon Lowrey

Thomas Durkin, a celebrated criminal and civil rights lawyer, has died after a brief illness with lung cancer at the age of 78. Those who knew him remembered him as a brilliant lawyer who cared deeply for his fellow human beings and battled unwaveringly against what he saw as abuses of power.

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NYLAG Union Is Latest ALAA Shop To Reach Tentative Deal

By Andrea Keckley

Another one of the several Association of Legal Advocates and Attorneys unions that went on strike in New York City last week announced on Tuesday that it has reached a tentative agreement with its managers.

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Ex-Copyright Chief Suggests Trump Fired Her Over AI Report

By Ivan Moreno

An attorney for the fired leader of the U.S. Copyright Office suggested Wednesday that President Donald Trump "sought to sideline her" to stop her from advising Congress on issues related to the use of copyrighted material for training artificial intelligence models, noting her dismissal occurred shortly after she released a pivotal report on the subject.

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Apple Tells 9th Circ. Birthright Ruling Scraps Epic's Injunction

By Dorothy Atkins

Apple Inc. told the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday that the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling in litigation challenging President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship executive order means that a nationwide injunction and civil contempt order in Epic Games Inc.'s antitrust case over Apple's App Store policies cannot stand.

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Senate Confirms Another Missouri Judge

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 49-47 on Wednesday evening to confirm assistant U.S. Attorney Zachary Bluestone to serve on the Eastern District of Missouri.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Akerman LLP

Alston & Bird

Appellate Advocates

Bird Marella

Boies Schiller

Bowman & Brooke

Bronstein Gewirtz

Covington & Burling

Cozen O'Connor

Cravath Swaine

Dickinson Wright

Eaton & Wolk

Faegre Drinker

Freedman Normand

Friedland Cianfrani

Gibbons PC

GrayRobinson

Greenberg Traurig

Haddon Morgan

Hinshaw & Culbertson

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Knight

Jones Day

Klein & Sheridan

Latham & Watkins

Law Office of Marc Fernich

Martin G. Weinberg PC

McCarter & English

McDermott Will & Emery

Morgan & Morgan

Munger Tolles

Parker Shaffie

Paul & Perkins

Pietragallo Gordon

Pomerantz LLP

Reed Smith

Riverside Law

Robbins Alloy

Rousso Boumel

Schall Law

Sidley Austin

Singleton Schreiber

Steptoe LLP

Willkie Farr

Winston & Strawn

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Arbitration Association

American Bar Association

Apple Inc.

Associated Press

Aviation Performance Solutions

Center for Appellate Litigation

Coinbase Global Inc.

CorMedix Inc.

Democracy Forward Foundation

Dow Inc.

Epic Games Inc.

Experian PLC

Federalist Society

George Washington University

Instagram Inc.

Kroll LLC

LinkedIn Corp.

Miami Herald Media Co.

Microsoft Corp.

NBCUniversal Media LLC

National Collegiate Athletic Association

New Jersey State Bar Association

Panera Bread Co.

Pixar Inc.

Spotify Technology SA

Tesla Inc.

The Bronx Defenders

The Florida Bar

TikTok Inc.

Uber Technologies Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Attorney General's Office

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Executive Office of the President

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Trade Commission

Food and Drug Administration

Georgia Supreme Court

Internal Revenue Service

Library of Congress

Los Angeles Superior Court

Mississippi Attorney General's Office

Missouri Attorney General's Office

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Ohio Attorney General's Office

Oregon Attorney General's Office

Social Security Administration

Tennessee Attorney General's Office

U.S. Agency for International Development

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of New York

U.S. Copyright Office

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court